I was truly honored to attend Foreign Policy‘s Diplomat of the Year awards dinner on Tuesday, October 20, at the Park Hyatt in Washington, DC, honoring Secretary of State John Kerry as Diplomat of the Year.
I was invited by Olga Guitchounts of Russia Direct/Russia Beyond the Headlines, a sponsor for the evening. It was a wonderfully intimate gathering, with an elegant sit-down dinner, and I was struck by the good humor in the room. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a cheerful group of people, and there was plenty of joking and laughter throughout the evening along with serious discussion of international affairs.
Read MoreIt was my great privilege to attend the 15th Annual Goombay Bash on July 18 at the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom in Chicago. I was the guest of Ben Bornstein, my Harvard Business School classmate and one of my co-founders of Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs – Chicago, for this “Caribbean festival to find a cure for cancer.”
Read MoreWhat do you do when you read a fairy tale and think there’s something missing? If you have the creative spirit of Dr. Amelia Case and her two daughters, you write your own books!
I was happy to hear about Amelia’s venture to energize and inspire girls with new stories in which the beautiful princesses we know so well engage in self-starting endeavors.
On Wednesday, July 22, I enjoyed attending the Princesses with a Twist launch event at Vanille Patisserie.
Read MoreOn Friday, May 29, I attended the closing program of The Chicago Forum on Global Cities. “The Foreign Policy of Cities” was a panel discussion moderated by Philip Stephens and featuring Madeleine K. Albright, Benjamin Barber, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jozias van Aartsen.
Each spoke eloquently about how cities worldwide are becoming more international and the challenges that cities and countries must meet. I particularly enjoyed listening to Madeleine Albright, whom I had met previously when Chicago hosted the NATO Summit in 2012 (photo below).
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